2014-15 Conference Champs

Basketball Openers

11.1.11 | Men's Basketball

Men’s basketball cruises to victory in season opener over Kansas Wesleyan

SALINA Kan. – For the second consecutive season, the Baker men’s basketball team opened its season with a victory over Kansas Wesleyan University on Tuesday evening 102-60.

Ben Steinlage (pictured) led the Baker offensive attack with 19 points on an 8-for-8 shooting performance from the field. Three other players finished in double figures as Jordan Honore added 14, while Todd Ellis and Jack Shortell each added 12.

“Kansas Wesleyan was missing a couple players due to injury and I thought we did a good job wearing them down with our depth,” said head coach Brett Ballard. “It was a good team effort tonight, we’ve had some good practices, so it was good to see it carry over to our first game.”

Kevin Lyslaught led the Baker defense with seven rebounds and three steals.

Baker finished the game 40-for-65 from the field (61.5 percent) and 7-for-17 from beyond the arc.

The Wildcats return to action on Nov. 4 when they travel to Haskell Indian Nations University.

11.1.11 | Women's Basketball

Sluggish offense plagues BU women in season opener

SALINA, Kan. – The Baker University women’s basketball team dropped its season opener on Tuesday evening 74-51 to No. 4 Kansas Wesleyan University.

Rae Lynne Stewart (pictured) led the way offensively for Baker netting nine points on 2-for-3 shooting from the field and 5-for-6 shooting from the charity-stripe. As a team, Baker finished just 16-for-47 (34 percent) from the field and 2-for-15 (13.3 percent) from beyond the arc.

Rashida Simpson led the Baker defense with 10 rebounds and one block.

Turnovers were the story though as Baker committed an all-time high 38 turnovers. Kansas Wesleyan also outscored the Wildcats 32-16 in the paint.

Baker returns to action on Nov. 4 against Northwest Oklahoma State at 7:30 p.m. from the George F. Collins Center.